{"id":"TX-055","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE)","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code § 254.001(a); Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034; Executive Order GA-19","instrument":"Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version)","title":"Emergency Rule 108.7 Minimum Standard of Care, General, effective February 19, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-02-19","effective":"2021-02-19","end":"2021-06-18 (Board voted at its June 18, 2021 meeting to allow the emergency rule to expire, Ex. TX-056)","startDate":"2021-02-19","endDate":"2021-06-18","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["each dentist licensed in Texas"],"clause":"The State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) adopts on an emergency basis an amendment to 22 TAC §108.7 in response to the COVID-19 disaster declaration. The amendment dictates the minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 disaster. This rule is adopted on an emergency basis due to the imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare caused by failure to adhere to the minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency rule amendment is applicable only for purposes of the COVID-19 disaster declaration and shall only remain effective until the COVID-19 disaster declaration is terminated.","enforcement":"TSBDE licensing discipline; GA-19","functions":["CH chairside care","PR procedures","ST sterilization, fallow time and infection control","SC PPE","FD scheduling"],"notes":"Dental board\u0027s COVID-19 minimum-standards rule in force through June 18, 2021 (the COVID-specific paragraphs on screening, PPE and aerosol procedures are in the exhibit\u0027s later pages;","sourceUrl":"https://tsbde.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Emergency-Rule-108.7-strikethrough-version-effective-February-19-2021-1-2.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":80598,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-055","citation":"Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version) (Ex. TX-055)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-056","TX-054","DUT-TX-013"]}